{"id":328758,"date":"2026-03-04T17:24:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T17:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/328758\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T17:24:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T17:24:14","slug":"slot-to-be-sacked-but-alonso-not-the-answer-warnock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/328758\/","title":{"rendered":"Slot to be sacked but Alonso not the answer: Warnock"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arne Slot\u2019s position at Liverpool has come under fresh scrutiny following the late 2-1 defeat to Wolverhampton Wanderers, with former Reds defender Stephen Warnock now questioning whether the Dutchman will still be in charge next season.<\/p>\n

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Liverpool remain fifth in the Premier League with 48 points from 29 matches, leaving Champions League qualification uncertain heading into the final stretch of the campaign.<\/p>\n

The defeat at Molineux was particularly frustrating given how the game unfolded, with the Reds dominating possession and chances before conceding Andre\u2019s deflected winner deep into stoppage time.<\/p>\n

It marked Liverpool\u2019s ninth league defeat of the season, with five of those losses coming from goals scored in the 90th minute or later.<\/p>\n

Warnock questions Slot\u2019s Liverpool future\"Arne(Photo by David Rogers\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Speaking on BBC Radio 5 Live Breakfast<\/a>, former Liverpool left-back Stephen Warnock admitted he doesn\u2019t expect the Dutchman to remain in charge beyond this season.<\/p>\n

Warnock said:\u00a0\u201cNo I don\u2019t. It\u2019s a big ask for them to get a Champions League place. It\u2019s going to be very difficult.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re so inconsistent that I don\u2019t see them winning every game until the end of the season. It\u2019s going to be very difficult for him to stay in charge.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re nowhere near where they\u2019d like to be. It\u2019s not gone to plan at all.\u201d<\/p>\n

Liverpool\u2019s performance at Wolves summed up the frustrations surrounding the campaign, with Arne Slot\u2019s side controlling the match but failing to convert their dominance into goals before being punished late on.<\/p>\n

Criticism has already followed the defeat, with Steven Gerrard questioning Liverpool\u2019s defending<\/a> for Wolves\u2019 opening goal after Virgil van Dijk and Ibou Konate lost key duels.<\/p>\n

Alonso suggestion dismissed by former Red\"Xabi(Photo by Juan Manuel Serrano Arce\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Interestingly, the former Liverpool defender also cast doubt on the idea that Xabi Alonso would automatically be the right replacement.<\/p>\n

Warnock explained that calls for the Spaniard to return to Anfield may be driven more by emotion than logic.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not too sure whether that\u2019s the right decision \u2013 that\u2019s more of a nostalgia thing where people want that romance.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAt Real Madrid the football wasn\u2019t fantastic, but he had a very difficult changing room and tried to change the culture.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite the disappointment at Wolves, Slot has already pointed to the upcoming cup clash<\/a> with the same opponents as an opportunity for Liverpool to respond, insisting his side now has \u201csomething to prove\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arne Slot\u2019s position at Liverpool has come under fresh scrutiny following the late 2-1 defeat to Wolverhampton Wanderers,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":328759,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":["post-328758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=328758"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328758\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/328759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=328758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=328758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}